Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sen. Edward Markey, and a number of other progressive Democrats on Thursday formally unveiled their long-awaited framework for a Green New Deal. The proposal took the form of a nonbinding resolution—i.e, not actual legislation—but to call it sweeping is an understatement. It aims to reshape the economy by making the nation carbon-neutral in the next decade, to re-establish the social safety net via universal health care and a federal jobs guarantee, and to rethink the government’s obligation to its citizens by prioritizing historically disadvantaged communities. “We’re here to say that small, incremental policy solutions are not enough,” Ocasio-Cortez declared outside the U.S. Capitol.
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